A-Team Group Names Winners of Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022. These awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across Europe. This year’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe were presented by Olympic Athlete, Derek Redmond after a...
Date: 7 December 2022 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Financial analytics platforms in Hedge Funds are often segmented between real-time and back-office analytics systems fed by slower batch processes. To support winning analytics, hedge funds and other trading firms need to bring together real-time streams with historical analytic…
Now in its 12th year the TradingTech Summit London brings together the European trading technology capital markets industry, to explore how trading firms are innovating in today’s cloud and digital based environment to create flexible, scalable trading platforms to support speed to market and business agility.
Welcome to the tenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a publication that has tracked new regulations, amendments, implementation and data management requirements as regulatory change has impacted global capital markets participants over the past 10 years. This edition of the handbook includes new regulations and highlights some of the major regulatory interventions challenging…
As demand for data grows with the acceptance of ESG as a critical part of financial institutions’ business and regulatory activities, focus will intensify on the quality of that information. Asset managers and owners will want the cleanest, most relevant and most comprehensive datasets to identify investment opportunities and risks and to comply with the...
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe 2022. These awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across Europe. This year’s Data Management Insight Awards – Europe were presented by Olympic Athlete, Derek Redmond after a...
The European Union’s approval of its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) this week has given the greenlight to a regulation that’s expected to provide financial institutions with more comprehensive ESG data and go some way to eradicating greenwashing. The long-awaited rules will bring non-financial companies into the EU’s sustainability reporting regime, forcing them to submit...
As proposals for a consolidated tape (CT) for equities and bonds in Europe continue to be debated, industry body EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association) has released a statement calling for a real-time CT for equities, to include both pre- and post-trade data. The creation of a CT was originally proposed in MiFID II...
Master data management ensures the creation of a “single source of truth” of information for banks and financial institutions that not only provides that the data remains intact but also makes it available and useable across the entire enterprise. Once the information foundation of golden data is established with MDM, the data can be used...
Technology and data have reached a level of sophistication that is enabling financial institutions to calculate and manage the risks to which their activities and investments are exposed. Leveraging the two, however, is a challenge; if the data isn’t properly managed, the technology that identifies patterns and insights may be unable to operate optimally. One...
As perpetrators of financial crime become more sophisticated, regulators worldwide are focusing more of their efforts on cross-product and cross-market manipulation, as evidenced by a growing number of high-profile prosecutions. Led by the UK’s FSA and the EU’s ESMA, regulators in key global markets are targeting sophisticated operators, whose cross-product activities typically involve are able...
Trading software, infrastructure & data solutions provider Trading Technologies is extending the market coverage of its TT Premium Order Types to include four major APAC exchanges. Singapore Exchange (SGX) is available now, and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Japan Exchange Group (JPX) will be available by the end…
Alveo, the cloud-based market data, analytics and Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions provider, has expanded its global data coverage and feed integrations by adding new content from SIX, including sentiment indicators, tax, and regulatory risk data. By directly integrated the new content into is DaaS offerings to support critical customer workflows and databases, Alveo aims to help…
Listed companies in Hong Kong should start planning and installing the technology and data provisions to meet more stringent disclosure rules, the city’s Stock Exchange has said. The HKSE is in the process of formulating reporting rules in line with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) frameworks.
Sustainable Fitch has begun providing ESG ratings for labelled structured and covered bonds with an issuance value of US$100 billion. The metrics are the latest additions to Fitch Sustainable’s ESG Ratings, Data and Analysis unit, which has been offering data on $500bn of labelled and KPI-linked debt.
The UK’s financial overseer has urged firms to review their use of data to improve their diversity and inclusion performance. Sheldon Mills, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) executive director for consumers and competition said firms are focusing too closely on gender and diversity, rather than socio-economic data. The call follows the FCA’s announcement that it…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure organisation, has launched DTCC Report Hub’s assisted reporting model, allowing sell-side firms to help their buy-side clients manage the complexities of meeting multiple regulatory reporting mandates across jurisdictions and asset classes. The solution enables sell-side firm to submit trade details for their underlying clients,…
Horizon Software, the electronic trading solutions provider, is extending its partnership with Santander by supporting Santander Brokerage Poland, a part of Santander Bank Polska, to introduce market makers onto Global Connect, the new equity market recently launched by the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with Horizon’s Platform for Market Making, connecting to the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The Russia-Ukraine war has caused rapid sanctions inflation since March in several autonomous sanctions programs, contributing to a sanctions inflation rate of 14.6% year on year, according to London Stock Exchange Group’s Refinitiv Global Sanctions Index (GSI). Refinitiv’s annual GSI white paper, the second edition of which was released last week, measures and analyses rising…
The percentage of companies whose business is at risk of climate impacts has risen 70 per cent in two years, according to technology provider RepRisk, which uses a variety of geolocated datasets to establish ESG hotspots around the world. Of those, 80 per cent were private companies. The number of companies at risk is now…
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has unveiled a tool that helps its financial institution clients disclose their sustainability performance in line with Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The new service pulls in ICE’s climate transition data and analytics, corporate-entity and green bond data.
Proprietary trading firms are increasing their technology budgets in anticipation of another strong year of trading in 2023, according to the latest Acuiti Proprietary Trading Management Insight Report, produced in partnership with Avelacom The report surveyed over 100 senior proprietary trading executives from across the globe and found that 68% were planning above average technology…
ESG reporting standards for European companies have been approved. The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) gave its backing to the final version of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which will prescribe how companies must disclose their ESG performance.
Pan-European clearing house EuroCCP, which was acquired by Cboe Global Markets in July 2020, has rebranded to Cboe Clear Europe with immediate effect. Under Cboe’s ownership, Cboe Clear Europe has enhanced its position as a leading pan-European cash equities clearing house, as well as diversifying into equity derivatives following the launch of Cboe’s pan-European derivatives…
With Intelligence, the investment intelligence provider, has launch a new data service onto its data and insight platform. With HFM merges insights from the HFM ecosystem with those of EurekaHedge, alongside market insights from a team of specialist journalists, to provide rich data on investors, performance data on funds including indices, and mandates (RFPs). The new…
Technology-driven agency execution specialist Liquidnet has announced the integration of the firm’s proprietary trading analytics into its equities trading application. Powered by Liquidnet Investment Analytics (IA), traders will now have access to personalised pre- and intra-trade analytics through real time alerts and intuitive visualizations within the Liquidnet equities application. With this new workflow enhancement, Liquidnet…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure provider, has appointed Nashira Spencer as Chief Security Officer (CSO), responsible for managing DTCC’s enterprise-wide global information security, physical security, employee safety, and crisis/incident management functions. She will report to Tim Cuddihy, DTCC’s Group Chief Risk Officer. Spencer brings 20 years of leadership and…
Integral, the FX technology provider, has appointed Judy Goh as Managing Director and Head of Sales for APAC. Based in Singapore, Goh brings 16 years’ experience in the foreign exchange market, with management roles in e-FX institutional sales and business growth spanning across major financial institutions. Most recently, she held the role of Vice President…
TS Imagine, the trading and risk management solutions vendor, has appointed Frederic Villain as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific. He will lead TS Imagine’s APAC sales team across its offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and will be responsible for growing the business in the region. Villain brings over 25 years of sales…
Multi-asset OEMS & PMS vendor TORA, acquired by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) earlier this year, has appointed Alex Findlay as Director of Sales, located in New York. Findlay has more than 15 years of experience in financial products and sales, having previously worked as a sales and relationship manager for State Street’s FX Connect…
Northern Trust has appointed Michael Buzza as global head of Network Management & Market Strategy. In the new role, Buzza will oversee the teams dedicated to providing market access and insights across the traditional securities services markets within the Digital Assets and Financial Markets group. Buzza has been with Northern Trust for 16 years, his…
Trading and risk management solutions vendor TS Imagine has appointed three executive leadership hires to support the firm’s rapid growth: Spencer Lee as Chief Markets Officer, Kate Peachway as Chief Financial Officer and Renee Calabro as Chief Marketing Officer. Lee comes from Agilon Capital, a systematic hedge fund. Previously he led electronic credit trading at…
big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytic solutions, has appointed Anthony (Tony) Huck to its global executive team as Head of the Americas. He will be responsible for expanding the firm’s global footprint into the United States, Canadian, and LatAm regions. Huck brings over thirty years of experience to the role, having…
Sterling Trading Tech (STT), the independent OMS, risk and trading platform vendor, has appointed fintech & capital markets industry veteran Jennifer Nayar as President & Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Most recently, Nayar was CEO of Vela Trading Systems, prior to its acquisition by Exegy. Earlier in her career, Nayar served with REDI Global Technologies…
Northern Trust has made a series of appointments within its global Capital Markets business and established a Capital Markets Client Solutions team. Within the Capital Markets institutional equity brokerage business, Glenn Poulter has been named global head of Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS), with Stephanie Farrell head of ITS-Americas and Amy Thorne head of ITS-EMEA. Additionally,…
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has named Georgina Jarratt as managing director, head of fintech and digitalisation, and a member of the executive committee. She joins from HSBC where she has worked since 2005 in roles including global programme director, global head of business transformation, global banking and markets, and most recently, head of…
Eventus, a global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that Robbie McDonnell has joined the firm as Sales Director, Australia & New Zealand. A 30-year veteran of financial markets technology, McDonnel has held a variety of senior roles, including in global sales and regional expansion in the Asia-Pacific (APAC)…
Liquidnet, the technology-driven agency execution specialist, has appointed Nichola Hunter as Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income. Hunter will be responsible for growing client relationships through the delivery of tailored and innovative solutions. Based in London, she reports directly to Liquidnet’s Global Head of Fixed Income, Mark Russell. Hunter brings over 25 years of…
OpenFin, the operating system of enterprise productivity, has appointed Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer, to drive digital transformation across the company’s ecosystem of buy-side and sell-side institutions, along with the global vendor community. Sanders most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for TP ICAP Group’s Agency Execution division, where she was responsible for overseeing…
NatWest Group has announced that Scott Marcar will join its executive committee as group chief information officer from 5 September 2022, subject to regulatory approval, and reporting directly to CEO Alison Rose. Marcar joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was chief information officer for the investment bank. Marcar has over 25 years of technology experience…
Broadridge has hired David Turmaine as UK practice lead for its consulting services business. He joins Broadridge from Capco, where he was executive director with responsibility for driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. Turmaine’s career also includes a management role at Accenture, where he was an industry SME for Accenture post-trade processing. Prior…
Great news! Winners of the Data Management Insight USA Awards 2022 have been announced! These annual awards recognise leading providers of data management solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants within North America.
Congratulate the winners of the brand new ESG Insight Awards 2022. The ESG Insight Awards have been designed to shine a light on ESG providers and celebrate innovations that help us make progress with such an important goal for the industry.
Winners announced in the 2nd annual RegTech Insight Awards USA! These awards celebrate providers of leading RegTech solutions, services and consultancy and are are uniquely designed to recognise both start-up and established providers who are creatively finding solutions to help with regulatory challenges, and span a wide range of regulatory requirements.
